The last time he separated from Li Qing, Li Mu felt that she seemed to have something on her mind.
After learning that she had quit the Fu Lu Sect, Li Mu became even more convinced of this idea.
Although the Fu Lu Sect has seven peaks and seven veins disciples, to a certain extent, there are only two types of disciples in the Fu Lu Sect, core disciples and non-core disciples.
The core disciples are the disciples who have access to the core secrets of the Fu Lu Sect. These core secrets are either the Fu Lu method that is not taught to others, or the Taoist techniques that are not taught to non-core disciples. These disciples cannot withdraw from the Fu Lu Sect at will.
Even if you want to quit, your memory of the secrets of the sect will be erased.
Non-core disciples do not have access to these secrets. What they practice is just ordinary exercises, and the talismans they learn are also open to the public. Unlike outsiders, they can complete the sect's tasks and follow the sect.
The sect can obtain certain cultivation resources. For example, Li Qing worked as a head catcher in Yangqiu County for one year. After returning to the sect, she can exchange for spiritual jade, magic weapons and other items for use in cultivation.
Non-core disciples can leave the sect, but few people do this.
After all, the Zhou Dynasty has always paid attention to etiquette and respecting teachers and Taoism. This is a tradition engraved in the bones of every Zhou Dynasty person.
For practitioners, the sect is their home. Almost every practitioner has a strong sense of belonging to their sect.
When a practitioner withdraws from the sect, it is the same as a mortal severing ties with his or her parents.
In the eyes of some extreme people, quitting the sect without any reason is tantamount to apostasy.
Li Mu knew Li Qing very well. She valued affection and righteousness, and she could never leave a subordinate who had nothing to do with her. How could she suddenly leave the sect where she had lived for ten years?
Reminiscent of the fact that she seemed to have some secrets before she separated from Li Qing, Li Mu was sure that she must have some hidden secrets when she left the sect.
Thinking of this, he couldn't sit still.
He was eager to find out why Li Qing was so powerful in the Fu Lu Sect.
When Li Mu stood up and turned around to walk outside, Han Zhe asked in surprise: "Where are you going?"
Li Mu didn't look back and said, "I have something to do and I have to go out. Let Junior Sister Qin have a few drinks with you."
Han Zhe looked at Junior Sister Qin walking towards him, shook his head and said, "How many drinks can Junior Sister Qin have..."
After a while, Junior Sister Qin carried the drunk Han Zhe on her back, turned around and waved to Wanwan and Xiaobai, saying: "When Brother Li comes back, tell him that we are going back first..."
Xiaobai sat at the stone table in the yard, holding his chin with one hand, looking in the direction of the main peak, and murmured: "Where did my benefactor go, and who is Junior Sister Li..."
"Shhh..." Wanwan made a silence gesture to her and said: "You must never mention this name in the future, especially in front of the lady, not even once..."
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Baiyun Mountain, the main peak.
After Li Mu arrived at the main peak, Dao Zhong sensed him and flew over happily. Li Mu patted it and said, "I came here this time because I have something to ask Elder Xu. Please call him for me."
The bell flew away with a "whoosh" sound, and soon flew back with a person still covered in the bell.
Li Mu held his forehead. Dao Zhong didn't seem to understand what "barking" meant yet.
Elder Xu was thrown out of the Taoist bell, and his body staggered. He finally stood still and saw Li Mu in front of him.
The Dao bell shrank and flew to Li Mu's shoulder, buzzing non-stop as if asking for credit.
Li Mu looked at Elder Xu and said apologetically: "Elder Xu, I'm really sorry. I just asked Dao Zhong to inform you. It seems to have misunderstood what I meant."
Elder Xu was writing a talisman, but just in the middle of the drawing, Dao Zhong rushed in, covered his head and swept away. He felt a little sorry for the material of the talisman, but he did not dare to have any temper towards Dao Zhong.
This ancestor has an eccentric temperament and is moody. If he offends it and makes it run away in anger, he will surely die.
Of course, he couldn't blame Li Mu. As a distinguished guest of the Fulu Sect and the only hope to speed up the repair of the Dao Bell, he had to be polite to Li Mu.
"It's okay." He smiled at Li Mu and asked, "What does Mr. Li want from me?"
Li Mudao: "I have a friend who used to be a disciple of Ziyun Peak. For some unknown reason, he quit the Fulu Sect. I want to go to Ziyun Peak to find out more about her, but I don't know anyone in Ziyun Peak.
, I have no choice but to trouble Elder Xu.”
"I see." Elder Xu smiled slightly and said, "This is a trivial matter. I will follow Mr. Li to Ziyun Peak."
Ziyun Peak is the seventh peak of Fulu Sect and the first one is Yuquanzi. Li Mu actually met Yuquanzi once. When Yuzhenzi took Liu Hanyan to blackmail the first one of the peaks, Li Mu was also present.
The heavenly treasure armor he is wearing now was given by Yuquanzi.
To be precise, it was Tamaki who knocked it from his hand.
The two of them flew through the clouds and reached the seventh peak in an instant.
When the disciples guarding the peak saw the two men, they immediately stepped forward, saluted Elder Xu and said, "I have met Elder Xu."
Elder Xu asked: "Is Elder Sun here?"
One of the disciples guarding the peak nodded and said, "Elder Sun is on the peak. I will go and report it now."
Elder Sun is also an old man. Li Mu has stayed in Baiyun Mountain for a long time and found that most of the creation elders in the peaks are old men or old women. On the other hand, in the imperial court, most of the officials who have cultivated in the fifth realm are middle-aged and older.
I don’t know whether it is because the imperial court controls the thirty-six counties, which makes it easier to cultivate strong people with more abundant cultivation resources, or because the active forces of Fulu Sect are traveling abroad and are not in the sect.
After Elder Sun walked out of the Ziyun Peak Dao Palace, Elder Xu looked at him and said: "This Master Li is a distinguished guest of our Fulu Sect. He has a friend who used to be in the Seventh Peak. He came to Ziyun Peak because he wanted to
Ask about that disciple."
Elder Sun smiled and said, "Since you are a distinguished guest sent by me, let's go in and talk."
After walking into a Taoist palace on the left, Elder Xu introduced Li Mu: "At Ziyun Peak, Elder Sun is responsible for the entry and departure of disciples. If Master Li has any questions, he can ask Elder Sun."
Li Mu nodded, looked at Elder Sun, and asked, "Does Elder Sun know Li Qing?"
"Li Qing?" Elder Sun was startled when he heard this. Then a look of pity appeared on his face and he said: "It's a pity, it's a pity. She was one of the best disciples of Ziyun Peak. After this great competition among the peaks,
Bi, will definitely become a core disciple, but it is a pity that she resigned from the sect before the competition. This is our loss to Ziyun Peak..."
Li Mu continued to ask: "Elder Sun, does he know why she quit the clan?"
Elder Sun shook his head and said: "She didn't say the reason. I tried my best to persuade her. If she had any difficulties, she could tell the sect. But she was determined to leave, so I didn't try to persuade her again. The sect has never restricted her.
The disciple’s departure and stay..."
After a trip to Ziyun Peak, Li Mu's heart not only did not let go, but became suspended.
Based on her understanding of Li Qing, it was absolutely impossible for her to quit the sect that had trained her for ten years without any reason.
When the two of them performed a mission together before, Li Mu could clearly feel that she had a strong sense of belonging to the Fu Lu Sect, and quitting the sect was tantamount to betrayal in her heart.
What happened to her that she did not hesitate to quit the sect but also cut ties with the Fu Lu Sect?
Li Mu suddenly remembered the way she looked at him when she parted ways with Li Qing.
At that time, there was confusion and entanglement in her eyes, but she finally chose to leave. It seemed... she also seemed to be estranged from Li Mu.
If she encounters something and wants to distance herself from Li Mu, Li Mu can understand.
According to her character, she would never let her affairs affect Li Mu.
But her choice to quit the Fu Lu Sect made Li Mu feel scared.
He knew Li Qing very well, and there were only two possibilities for her to make such a decision.
First, what she wants to do may damage the reputation of the Fu Lu Sect. As a child of the Fu Lu Sect, she has a strong sense of belonging to the sect and does not want to damage the reputation of the Fu Lu Sect because of what she is about to do.
Second, what he wants to do may embarrass the Fu Lu Sect, or even implicate the Fu Lu Sect.
Li Mu is worried about the second point.
The Fu Lu Sect is one of the six sects of the Tao Sect. The ancestral court has a strong appeal to all major branches of the Fu Lu Sect. If she can become a core disciple, the Fu Lu Sect will become her backing. However, the status of a core disciple is easily available.
, she still chose to leave.
This shows that in her heart, the Fu Lu Sect cannot protect her.
Li Mu didn't dare to think about it any further and asked Elder Sun, "Can you let me see Li Qing's files when he joined the sect?"
Elder Sun looked troubled, "This..."
Although the archives of disciples of various peaks are not top secret, they are not something outsiders can read if they want to.
Elder Xu said: "The real headmaster said that Mr. Li is a distinguished guest of my sect, and his requirements must be met as much as possible."
Since it was the headmaster who gave the order, Elder Sun no longer hesitated and said, "Please come with me."
The three of them came to a small room in this Taoist palace. On one wall of the room, there was a wooden frame, and the wooden frame was filled with jade slips.
Elder Sun thought for a while and said: "In my memory, Li Qing came to Fulu Sect eleven years ago, when she was only nine years old... I found the disciple files from eleven years ago, here...
"
He took a jade slip from the shelf, and after inputting a burst of magic power, the jade slip projected a line of light and shadow, condensing into several lines of writing in the void.
Song Ming, twelve years old, male, native of Songjia Village, Yu County, Beijun County, has two parents, the younger sister is nearly five years old...
Pei Chuan, ten years old, male, native of Peijiazhuang, Zhou County, Beijun County, both parents died...
Xu Ren, 16 years old, male, native of Yunzhong County...
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What the jade slips project is all the information about the Fu Lu Sect's recruitment of disciples.
The Fu Lu Sect does not recruit many disciples every year, and they are even rarer when assigned to each sect. This year, Ziyun Peak recruited a total of ten disciples. The information in the jade slips is very detailed, including the age and gender of each disciple.
, place of birth, family situation, were all recorded. Li Mu's eyes swept over, and finally saw a familiar name at the end.
Li Qing.
Li Mu's eyes continued to move downward, his expression stunned.
There is no writing under her name.
Nothing is known except her name, where she comes from, and who else is in her family.
Elder Xu also noticed something unusual. He looked at Elder Sun and asked, "What's going on?"
Elder Sun scratched his head, also a little confused, and said: "It stands to reason that such a situation would not happen, unless she did not enter the sect through normal means. I am afraid only the elder who introduced her to the sect knows the specific method.
.”
There was no record in Li Qing's file. Elder Sun asked other elders, but no one knew anything about it.
In the past ten years, the positions of the elders of various peaks have changed from time to time, and some have even died for some reason. To find the elder who introduced Li Qing to the door, I am afraid it will take the power of the entire Fu Lu Sect.
This trip was considered to be in vain. When flying out of Ziyun Peak, Elder Xu said to Li Mu: "Don't worry, Mr. Li, I will help you pay more attention to this matter. If there is any news, I will send you a message as soon as possible.
"
Li Mu cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Elder Xu."
Elder Xu smiled and said, "It takes a little effort."
Li Mu looked down inadvertently and saw dense crowds of people on the mountain road below. There were faint waves of mana fluctuations. He asked curiously: "Why are there so many practitioners below?"
Elder Xu explained: "Five days later, the sect's four-year Talisman Dao trial will begin. During each trial, the peaks will select some of the practitioners who are good at Talisman Dao and accept them as disciples."
For a large sect like the Fu Lu Sect, the sect's inheritance is extremely important.
Li Mu had seen it before. They sent people to government offices in various places to identify talents with various special physiques through their household registrations. After accepting them as disciples, they trained them from an early age.
Compared with that method, recruiting disciples through trials obviously requires less investment and better results.
The six sects and four sects are the blessed places in the hearts of practitioners in the world. Joining these sects means that you can enjoy the resources of the sect and the guidance of the strong men of the sect. Therefore, practitioners are flocking to them. At this moment, Li Mu is below
I saw no less than a hundred people.
Elder Xu looked down and said with a rather proud tone: "Every trial of our sect is attended by thousands of people. The winner in the end will receive a talisman. With this talisman, he can directly become a member of our sect."
Core disciples..."
As he was talking, he suddenly patted his head and said, "I remembered it. No wonder the name Li Qing sounds familiar to me. Eleven years ago, someone used a talisman to get her into the sect.
The opportunity was handled by me personally..."
Li Mu raised his eyebrows and asked, "Can the talisman tokens be used by others?"
Elder Xu nodded and said: "It's possible, but if the talisman is not used to test the leader himself, but is only given as a gift, the person who joins the sect through the talisman can only be an ordinary disciple..."
Li Mu thought for a while and asked, "Can I participate in the Talisman Trial?"
Elder Xu was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said: "Yes, yes, as long as practitioners under the age of thirty can participate in the trial..."
He looked at Li Mu for a few times and asked, "Does Mr. Li understand talismans?"
